It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing this mixed media tag/bookmark with you. It’s a lot of fun to make and is fairly simple.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 45 minutes
Directions: Gather your supplies, for this project you will need a tag made of water friendly paper, (I used Bristol cardstock), several colors of water based markers, and stamp sets to decorate.
Step 1: Using a red rubber cling stamp and water based markers, ( I used Memento) color the stamp as desired.
Step 2: After you have finished coloring the stamp, spritz it with water and lay the tag on it and rub lightly.
Step 3: Stamp the images you have chosen for and stamp them in black ink (VersaFine Clair used here).
Step 4: Color and cut out the elements to decorate the bookmark.
Step 5: Add elements to bookmark ad add ribbon to finish it.
–The new VersaFine Clair ink colors are so bright and fun. I decided to use a few of them to make a piece of art to put up in our home.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 2 hours
Directions:
Step 1: Press the bottom layer of a layering die cut of watercolor paper into the Spruce VersaFine Clair ink pad and set aside to dry.
Step 2: Press the top layer of die cut watercolor into the Melon Soda VersaFine Clair ink pad. Then heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Glue both layers together and set aside.
Step 3: Run the Lemonade VersaFine Clair ink pad across a watercolor panel horizontally multiple times to give the panel a woodgrain-ish look. Die cut the panel with a burlap-design die.
Step 4: Paint a coat of gesso onto a cotton canvas panel with a large paintbrush and allow it to dry.
Create layered background texture by stamping the panel with a striped background stamp with Adriatic Sea VersaFine Clair ink and heat embossing with clear embossing powder, then adding another coat of gesso. Repeat with a dot background stamp and a strip of collage paper adhered along the left side. Cover everything with another thin coat of gesso, allowing hints of the stripes, dots, embossing, and collage paper to remain visible. Spray New Sprout Fireworks! Shimmer Spray onto the panel and allow it to dry. Add a large strip of washi tape along the left side.
Step 5: Stamp the sentiment on the lower right corner of the panel with Adriatic Sea VersaFine Clair. Heat emboss with more embossing powder.
Step 6: Glue the yellow burlap design die cut on the middle of the panel, and then glue the botanical die cut onto the panel. Glue yellow sequins on the lower left and upper right corners of the panel to finish the piece.
Hello crafty friends! I am a big fan of tote bags. I love it for its multi-purposes and is big enough for carrying stuff. I always wanted to personalize my own tote bag. I am so glad that Imagine carries these amazing VersaCraft Ink Pads and Fabrico Markers for fabric projects. So, today we are going to personalize a tote bag together. Let’s get crafting!
Skill: Beginner Time: 15 minutes
Direction:
Step 1
You are gonna need a blank canvas tote bag that can be found easily in any craft stores and online stores. The tote bag I used today is about 13 inch x 15 inch.
Lay it flat on the ironing mat and iron the tote bag to remove the wrinkles. I pre-washed the bag, but it is an optional step if you want to do it.
Put a piece of cardboard or cardstock inside the bag that is big enough to cover the area where you will stamp or paint or draw. Secure it with some washi tapes or any low-tack tapes.
Step 2
Start stamping the tote bag with the largest image.
Put the largest butterfly on a stamping blog and cover it with the VersaCraft Real Black ink. Stamp it on the tote bag and press it firmly for a few seconds.
I used the “rule of three” to position the butterflies, from here I can fill the empty spaces to build up the pattern.
Step 3
Next is stamping with the second largest image.
Put the stamp on a stamping blog and cover it with the VersaCraft Real Black ink around the big butterfly. Stamp it on the tote bag and press it firmly for a few seconds.
Step 4
Next is the smallest size of the stamp to fill up the rest of the empty space. You will start to see the full pattern on the bag.
Put the butterfly stamp on a stamping blog and cover it with the VersaCraft Real Black ink. Stamp it on the tote bag and press it firmly for a few seconds.
If you plan to have some sentiment or words like I did, make sure you have space for it.
Step 5
I picked the phrase “Spread your wings” to be on my canvas tote bag.
Stamp each letter from the alpha stamp set with VersaCraft Real Black ink pad.
Step 6
Trace the letters with Fabrico Real Black Marker for bolder print on the canvas tote bag.
Step 7
This final step is optional. You can use an iron to set the ink to the canvas tote bag. But without ironing, the ink will dry permanently in 24 hours (do not get it wet).
I would suggest spot-cleaning the bag, or hand-washing it if the bag gets dirty.
I hope you will give this technique a try and play around with different colors. This personalized tote bag can be made for your own use or as a gift for others.
Hello Friends! Katy here with my latest video sharing a great way to use Memento Inks on textured paper. I used cold pressed watercolor paper, but you could use any type of textures paper you have.
Hi everyone! It’s Jessica here. Father’s Day is right around the corner. Do you have a card design in mind? I tend to struggle with masculine cards, so I decided to keep it simple this year with a geometric patterned background. Let’s take a look!
Step 1: Let’s start by trimming a piece of Classic Crest Solar White to 3 1/2” x 4 3/4”. This is my go-to cardstock – not only is it great for stamping, it is perfect for ink blending also. I am blending Memento Summer Sky ink with Altenew’s Styled Background stencil set.
Step 2: Next, turn the stencil 90 degrees, and ink blend with Memento Paris Dusk ink. I picked the light and dark blue color scheme today because it is gender-neutral, and they pair well with the DCS Blue Calico and Indigo Blue cardstock that I’ll be using later.
Step 3: Rotate the stencil once again, and ink blend with Memento New Sprout ink. You can see how smoothly the ink blends on the Classic Crest Solar White cardstock. There are no streaks or splotchy areas.
Step 4: For the last color, ink blend Memento Bamboo Leaves after you turn the stencil 90 degrees.
Step 5: This is what the final geometric pattern looks like after all of the ink blending. Since the Classic Crest Solar White cardstock has a really smooth surface, the end result looks like the patterns were airbrushed onto the paper.
Step 6: Now we are ready to add the sentiment of the card. I wanted the sentiment to match the patterned background, so I picked DCS Blue Calico and Indigo Blue cardstock. I die cut alphabet letters from these cardstock with Stampin’ Up’s Mini Alphabet die. One thing to keep in mind is that the DCS cardstock have a textured side with linear grains. Be sure to die cut letters of the same word by placing the dies in the same orientation to achieve a more cohesive result.
Step 7: Finally, trim a piece of DCS Blue Calico to 3 3/4” x 5” and adhere the ink blended panel on top. Then mount the layers onto an A2 sized card base with DCS Indigo Blue cardstock. Lastly, apply On-Point Glue to the back of the letter die cuts and adhere them to the card front to complete the card.
– Hello crafty friends! The new season always brings something new that can surprise us. And new change brings hope, it can be beautiful. Let us embrace it with expectation. Today, we are going to make an art journal together.
Let’s get crafting!
Skill: Intermediate Time: 30-45 Minutes
Direction:
Step 1 First step we are going to build the base watercolor background. Spray randomly each color of the FireWorks! Shimmery Craft Spray.
Step 2 While the spray pains are still kinda wet, spray lightly some water using a sprayer bottle.
Let it sit for a few seconds and then dab off some of the water with a clean dry paper tower. This will create more texture to the background.
Dry the page with a craft heat gun. Make sure the surface is completely dry.
Step 3 Cover the page with some anti-static powder and brush it off the page.
Add the stencil on the page and secure it with a washi tape or low-tack tape.
Add the VersaMark Original ink to the page with finger sponge dauber and remove the stencil off the page.
Add some of the Gold Mboss Embossing Powder and heat set it with a craft heat gun.
Step 4 Randomly on the page, stamp the ledger pattern stamp with VersaFine Clair Morning Mist ink using second generation stamping technique.
And then using the stamping technique and ink, stamp the script pattern stamp on the page.
Dry the stamped images with a craft heat gun.
Step 5 Stamp the leaves branch on the page with VersaFine Clair Avocado ink.
Dry the stamped images with a craft heat gun.
Step 6 Put a piece of white cardstock on the stamping tool and stamp the butterfly stamp with VersaFine Clair Pinecone ink.
Do not remove the stamp and paper.
Clean the ink off the stamp with Staz-On All-Purpose Stamp Cleaner.
Step 7 Stamp the same butterfly stamp with VersaMark Original ink.
Add some of the Sparkle Mboss Embossing Powder to the stamped image and heat set it with a craft heat gun.
Step 8 On a piece of white cardstock, gently swipe the VersaFine Clair Pinecone across the cardstock.
Dry the ink with a craft heat gun.
Cut it with one of the Stitched Tag dies.
Step 9 Add the tag to the page with On Point Glue.
Put the butterfly slightly off the page, and then glue the center of the butterfly with some of the On Point Glue. Leave the wings loose.
Cut the extra wing off the page with micro-tips scissors.
Step 10 Stamp the words on a piece of ivory cardstock with VersaMark Original ink.
Add some of the Gold Mboss Ebossing Powder and then heat set it with a craft heat gun.
Cut them with micro-tip scissors.
Draw lines around the word with Memento Marker Rich Cocoa.
Step 11 Add some of the Tear It! Double Sided Tape to 3D fun foam to create your own 3D foam tape.
Add some of the foam tape to each word and add them to the page.
Add some of the foam tape under the wings also to give them a 3D effect.
Step 12 Dab some of the Memento Luxe Wedding Dress ink on the craft mat and spray it with some water.
Pick up the ink with a small round brush, and add some splatters to the page.
Dry the whole page one more time with a craft heat gun.
This mini mixed media art journal page is done. It has a combination of the shimmery background, sparkly butterfly, and shiny gold metallic embossed texture and sentiment.
I hope you like the page and give this tutorial a try. Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today.
